“I love a good cry” – Poet Nikki Giovanni Twelve years ago, I sat in a classroom at Virginia Tech and watched poet and educator Nikki Giovanni inspire a group of black male students, all […]
The Healthier Traditions Cookbook: Soul Food, a healthy twist on traditional Southern dishes, features 17 classic recipes and is available for complimentary download today. The cookbook, a collaboration of Transamerica Center for Health Studies® (TCHS) with theAssociation of Black Women […]
By Lynn Jones American author and convicted drug trafficker best known for the drug empire he established in Los Angeles, California, in the early to mid 1980s was in Jacksonville promoting his book Freeway Rick […]
Jacksonville based author Nikesha Elise Williams held a book signing for her debut novel, Four Women, last weekend at WJCT studios. Williams was joined by Ron Davis, a local activist and the father of slain […]
By Felice Franklin – The People Reading for Inspiration, Discussion and Enjoyment (P.R.I.D.E.) Book club, the city’s oldest book club serving people of color, celebrated its’ 24th Anniversary on Veterans Day. Local author and retired Navy veteran […]
Former head of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile speaking during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016. Brazile says she considered replacing Hillary Clinton as the party’s presidential […]
By Richard Rothstein In The Color of Law (published by Liveright in May 2017), Richard Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America—the incessant kind that continues to dog our major cities […]
W. Kamau Bell By W. Kamau Bell c.2017, Dutton $28.00 / $37.00 Canada 352 pages You are a very different kind of person. You like things that others don’t like, you’re good at something that […]
No Love, No Charity: the Success of the 19th Child is the debut book by Paul Lamar Hunter. Paul discusses his life, his upbringing, his parents and his life as the 19th child. The book brings […]
In an effort to diversify the bookshelves of literature connoisseurs, Derick Brewer and Zellie Imani have launched Noir Reads. The subscription service delivers two to three fiction and nonfiction book selections from writers throughout the […]
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